SB2016101205 - Denial of service in Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Published: October 12, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101205
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6437)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists due to a lack of file size limitations for SSL system files stored on the disk. By sending a continuous stream of SSL traffic, attackers can cause the target service to deny.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will result in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.